Moon 71%

The Moon this evening, 71% illuminated and less then one week before the Lunar Eclips.

End of Astronomical Twilight

This weekend, it's the end of the Astronomical Twilight. The night will be dark again as the Sun will be below the horizon for more then 18°. So between 01h05 and 02h30 it should be dark enough to make your observations. Mars is the currently the brightest object of the night sky and can be seen low (14°) above the South-Eastern horizon.

Mars the Red Planet low above the South-Eastern Horizon

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Andromeda Galaxy M31, M32 and M110

Trying to optimize the results from pictures taken earlier this week. In total 48 pictures were taken eacht with an exposure time of 30s and ISO6400. I removed all pictures with "startrails" and stacked the remaining using Deepskystacker. The result is saved as Tiff16bit as this is the max. I can edit with CS4.

Nikon D7500 TLAPO 80/480 f/6 ISO6400 20minutes

The area of Sagittarius M20, M21, M22, M23 and M25

Some pictures made in the constellation Sagittarius :

Messier M20 - The Triffid Nebula; an emission nebula
Messier M21 - Open Cluster
Messier M22 - Globular Cluster
Messier M23 - Open Cluster
Messier M25 - Open Cluster

All pictures are taken with Nikon D7500 and refractor TLAPO 80/480 f/6 without filters.

Messier M29 Cooling Tower

Messier M29 (Cooling Tower) can be found in the constellation Cygnus and is located at a distance of 6000 light years from Earth.
Picture is taken with Nikon D7500 on refractor TLAPO 80/480 f/6 ISO3200 for 15s. No stacking.

Eastern Veil Nebula NGC6992

The Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC6992) is seen within the constellation Cygnus. Best observation with OIII filter but the picture below is without any filter.